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44 I’ll punish Bel[a] in Babylon,
    and I’ll make what he has swallowed
        come out of his mouth.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
    Even the wall of Babylon will fall.

45 “Come out of her, my people,
    flee for your lives from the Lord’s anger!
46 Do this[b] now, so your heart does not grow faint,
    and so you don’t become frightened
        because of the rumors[c] that are heard in the land—
a rumor comes one year[d] and then after it
    another rumor[e] comes the next year[f]
about violence in the land
    and one ruler against another ruler.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:44 Bel was another name for Marduk, the sun god of Babylon.
  2. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. And
  3. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. rumor
  4. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. in a year
  5. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. a rumor
  6. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. in a year
  7. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. a ruler against a ruler